Hi, there is a huge outpouring of support for expanding the
Supreme Court to take on its extremist majority and save abortion rights,
along with other rights and causes Trump's handpicked justices are
threatening. Will you read our email below [ [link removed] ]and tell Congress it's time
to expand the Supreme Court? --The Demand Progress Team
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
The draft opinion written by far-right Justice Samuel Alito shows the
Supreme Court plans to overturn Roe v. Wade and eliminate abortion rights
for millions of Americans -- and it could happen as soon as next month.^1
But it gets worse. The Washington Post just reported that Republicans plan
to pass a national ban on abortion if they win back control of Congress.^2
This would include even the blue states where abortion rights remain legal
and protected. And if the Supreme Court gets away with overturning Roe v.
Wade, it means they could let Congressional Republicans get away with
banning abortion nationwide.
We have to fight back NOW. Congress has the power to add seats to the
Supreme Court and fix a broken institution that has been captured by the
extremist far-right. There's no time to lose. Will you add your name in
this urgent moment?
[ [link removed] ]Sign the petition: Congress must add seats to the Supreme Court to
protect abortion and other basic rights!
[ [link removed] ]ADD YOUR NAME
This is all happening because the far right has succeeded in its
decades-long campaign to secure a supermajority on the Supreme Court. Six
out of nine Supreme Court justices have ties to the Federalist Society, a
cabal of right-wing jurists backed by corporate funders such as the Koch
Brothers.
It's not just abortion rights that hang in the balance: the far-right
court is prepared to also hand down extremist decisions on voting rights,
affirmative action, and gun rights in the months to come.
The confirmation of Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court was
a historic victory. But Justice Jackson won't be able to put the court on
the right track alone because, as Rep. Ayanna Pressley has explained,
justice is "not actualized by any one person."^3
Rep. Pressley clearly stated in a recent interview: "We need to nominate
and confirm a Black woman to the Supreme Court. We need to pass Rep.
[Hank] Johnson and [Mondaire] Jones's legislation to expand the courts,
for which there is precedence: Congress has done this seven times
before."^4
Congress can pass legislation to rebalance the Supreme Court now, before
the November election. It's constitutional, it's happened before, and it's
the only way to stop the radical right takeover of our courts and our
country!
[ [link removed] ]Sign the petition: Urge Congress to expand the Supreme Court and save
our basic rights!
Thanks for taking action,
Robert and the team at Demand Progress
[ [link removed] ]DONATE
Sources:
1. Politico, "Supreme Court has voted to overturn abortion rights, draft
opinion shows," [ [link removed] ]May 2, 2022.
2. Washington Post, "The next frontier for the antiabortion movement: A
nationwide ban," [ [link removed] ]May 2, 2022.
3. Harvard Gazette, "How the Federalist Society came to dominate the
Supreme Court," [ [link removed] ]March 4, 2021.
4. Grid News, "Ayanna Pressley wants Biden to do more than name a Black
woman to the Supreme Court," [ [link removed] ]February 14, 2022.
----------
PAID FOR BY DEMAND PROGRESS (<a href="[link removed]">DemandProgress.org</a>) and not authorized by any candidate or candidate's committee. Contributions are not deductible as charitable contributions for federal income tax purposes. Join our online community on <b><a href="[link removed]">Facebook</a></b> or <b><a href="[link removed]">Twitter</a>.</b>
You can unsubscribe from this list at any time: [link removed]
